The 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships were held in
New Zealand
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and featured competition in
swimming
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,
open water swimming
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Oceania Swimming Championships The Oceania Swimming Championships are currently held every 2 years, in even years. They are organized by the Oceania Swimming Association, and feature teams representing countries and islands from that region.Rotorua in
Lake Okataina
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and
Lake Rotoma
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whilst the swimming and synchronized swimming competitions were carried out from 5 June to 8 June in
Christchurch
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Oceania Swimming Association The Oceania Swimming Association is the continental governing body recognised by FINA, for the national governing bodies of swimming, open water swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming and masters swimming in Oceania.
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competed with the
Northern Mariana Islands
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the only member not to send any swimmers. Two associate members also attending, bringing the total to 14: the French overseas department New Caledonia and the USA State
Hawaii
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.
Medal Tally
The ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a member federation (or associate member) of the
Oceania Swimming Association The Oceania Swimming Association is the continental governing body recognised by FINA, for the national governing bodies of swimming, open water swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming and masters swimming in Oceania.
The body was esta ...
. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. The host country, New Zealand, is highlighted in lavender. The greatest number of medals won in each medal category, gold, silver, bronze, and total, is in boldface.
Swimming
A total of 38 swimming events were contested in a 50-metre pool. To give the smaller island nations a chance against the stronger swimming nations of Australia and New Zealand the championships rules stated that in the individual events only the top two qualifiers from each country progress through to the final with the third fastest swimmer only from those countries with two swimmers qualifying for the ‘A’ final permitted to swim in the ‘B’ final. In the relay events it was one medal per country. So, for example, if New Zealand 'A' finishes first, Australia 'A' finishes second, New Zealand 'B' finishes third and New Caledonia finishes fourth, New Caledonia would be awarded the bronze medal.
Key
* CR - Championship record
* NR - National record
Men's events
Women's events
Open Water Swimming
Men's events
Women's events
Synchronized Swimming
Records broken
During the 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships, 42 Championship Records (or Meet Records) were set. Multiple Continental and National Records were also set.
Championship records
* Men's 50 m freestyle -
Mark Herring
Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election, ...
(22.96) (heats)
* Men's 50 m freestyle -
Mark Herring
Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election, ...
(22.92) (final)
* Men's 50 m freestyle - William Benson (22.92) (final)
* Men's 50 m freestyle - Orinoco Faamausili-Banse (22.86) (B final)
* Men's 100 m freestyle - Reese Turner (50.61) (heats)
* Men's 100 m freestyle -
Cameron Gibson
Cameron Michael "Cam" Gibson (born 14 August 1982 in Auckland) is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...
(50.36) (heats)
* Men's 100 m freestyle -
Mark Herring
Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election, ...
(49.83) (heats)
* Men's 200 m freestyle - Robert Hurley (1:49.62) (heats)
* Men's 200 m freestyle - Robert Hurley (1:48.84) (final)
* Men's 400 m freestyle - Robert Hurley (3:53.56) (final)
* Men's 1500 m freestyle - Theodore Pasialis (15:27.31) (timed final)
* Men's 50 m backstroke -
Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading A ...
(26.45) (heats)
* Men's 50 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (25.64) (final)
* Men's 100 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (55.04) (final)
* Men's 100 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (54.91) (relay)
* Men's 200 m backstroke - Robert Hurley (2:01.23) (final)
* Men's 50 m breaststroke -
Glenn Snyders
Glenn Andrew Mark Snyders (born 7 April 1987) is a South African-born former competitive swimmer for New Zealand. He won the silver medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in a time of 27.67 seconds. He currently holds the ...
(28.31) (final)
* Men's 200 m breaststroke -
Glenn Snyders
Glenn Andrew Mark Snyders (born 7 April 1987) is a South African-born former competitive swimmer for New Zealand. He won the silver medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in a time of 27.67 seconds. He currently holds the ...
(2:16.24) (final)
* Men's 50 m butterfly -
Corney Swanepoel
Corney Swanepoel (born 17 March 1986 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () ...
(23.98) (final)
* Men's 100 m butterfly -
Ryan Pini
Ryan John Pini MBE (born 10 December 1981 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) is a 4-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008 and 2016. He ...
(52.33) (final)
* Men's 200 m butterfly - Moss Burmester (1:58.00) (final)
* Men's 200 m individual medley - Dean Kent (2:02.21) (final)
* Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay -
Mark Herring
Mark Rankin Herring (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th Attorney General of Virginia from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he previously served in the Senate of Virginia since a 2006 special election, ...
Cameron Gibson
Cameron Michael "Cam" Gibson (born 14 August 1982 in Auckland) is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...
(3:19.91) (timed final)
* Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay -
Ryan Napoleon
Ryan Napoleon (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian freestyle swimmer and Commonwealth Games medallist.
Career
Youth Swimming
Napoleon won gold in the 4×200m freestyle relay, silver in the 4×100m medley relay and bronze in the 100m butterfly ...
Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading A ...
,
Glenn Snyders
Glenn Andrew Mark Snyders (born 7 April 1987) is a South African-born former competitive swimmer for New Zealand. He won the silver medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in a time of 27.67 seconds. He currently holds the ...
,
Corney Swanepoel
Corney Swanepoel (born 17 March 1986 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () ...
,
Cameron Gibson
Cameron Michael "Cam" Gibson (born 14 August 1982 in Auckland) is a New Zealand swimming competitor. He won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a time of 2:00.72 minutes.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...
(3:38.62) (timed final)
* Women's 50 m freestyle - Rebecca Ohlwein (26.01) (heats)
* Women's 50 m freestyle - Rebecca Ohlwein (25.84) (final)
* Women's 100 m freestyle - Hayley Palmer (55.55) (heats)
* Women's 100 m freestyle - Hayley Palmer (55.55) (final)
* Women's 200 m freestyle - Helen Norfolk (2:00.31) (final)
* Women's 50 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (29.08) (heats)
* Women's 50 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (28.89) (final)
* Women's 100 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (1:02.19) (heats)
* Women's 100 m backstroke - Elizabeth Coster (1:01.10) (final)
* Women's 200 m backstroke - Melissa Ingram (2:11.03) (timed final)
* Women's 50 m breaststroke - Jessica Legge (32.22) (timed final)
* Women's 100 m butterfly - Amy Smith (swimmer), Amy Smith (59.96) (final)
* Women's 200 m butterfly - Amy Smith (swimmer), Amy Smith (2:09.63) (final)
* Women's 200 m individual medley - Helen Norfolk (2:14.74) (final)
* Women's 400 m individual medley - Helen Norfolk (4:47.32) (timed final)
* Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay - Helen Norfolk, Lauren Boyle, Hayley Palmer, Tash Hind (8:10.78) (timed final)
* Women's 4×100 m medley relay - Bridgette-Rose Taylor, Jessica Legge, Amy Smith (swimmer), Amy Smith, Olivia Halicek (4:09.14) (timed final)
Full results (pdf)
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